Truss.



W 1). PALMER.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 16, 1913.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

r. e m ma M D m P, m m m m ATTORNEY THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD D. PALMER, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

TRUSS.

Application filed September 16, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLARD D. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New London, in the county of New London, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trusses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to abdominal trusses and my object is to provide a particularly sensitive, but efi'ective, pad support for use in such trusses, my said invention being illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which a Figure 1 is a perspective view of a truss embodying my present improvement. Fig. 2 is a detached, side or edge, view of the pad support and Fig. 3 is an outer end view of said pad support.

Referring to these drawings the letter a indicates a strap, preferably of webbing or the like flexible material having at or near one of its terminals a buckle b and having its other terminal secured to a plate 0 whose free end portion is bifurcated so as to provide two opposing arms at and e between which arms is located a pad f of hard rubber or other suitable material. Fixed to the ends of the arms (Z and e are buttons d and 6' respectively. Detachably connected with button cl is a short strap g which may be attached to the strap a by means of the buckle b and detachably connected with the button 6' is a strap 11. whose free end may be attached to the said strap a by means of a buckle o The pad f is connected with the plate 0 by means of a novel form of spring which I will now describe. Riveted to said plate a is a relatively narrower spring-plate k to whose free end the pad f is fastened by means of a U-shaped spring m which extends in a direction transverse to spring is; one end of the U-shaped spring Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 790,002.

being fastened to the pad and the other end of said U-shaped spring being fastened to the spring is, as is best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This novel combination of spring supports for the pad allows said pad to yield bodily (because of the extended flat spring is) and also permits the pad to have a rocking movement (because of the U-shaped spring m); these two independently acting spring supports providing a very sensitive, and almost universal, adjustment for the pad and permitting said pad to yield readily to all movements of the body of the wearer of the truss.

The strap a is designed to be belted around the waist of the wearer of the truss and the shorter strap h is designed to pass under and around one thigh of the wearer and then to be buckled to the strap a in order to prevent the pad from slipping upward, away from its proper position on the hernia.

My described truss is simple in construction, reasonably cheap to construct, and it is particularly comfortable and reliable.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent In an. abdominal truss, the combination with a body strap and a plate secured to one end of said strap and having a free end bifurcated to form arcuate arms, straps detachably connected to the ends of said arcuate arms and being provided for detachable connection with said body strap, a leaf spring secured to said plate and extending between said arcuate arms, a U-shaped spring secured to said fiat spring and extending transversely thereto, and a pad secured to said U-shaped spring.

WILLARD D. PALMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, ELSIE P. GRUNERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of .Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

